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Subiesport editor, Travis Geny, has taken the new 2009 Subaru Forester for a drive: on-road and off. See his review running now at DrivingSports.com. Here's an excerpt:
Now there will be some who will wail and moan that the 5-speed turbo is another special car that Subaru has killed all in the name of being more bean-counter friendly, and rightly so. Subaru never sold many 5-speed turbos, at times it was never more than 10 units a month nationally.
Do not fret though. The Subaru performance lineup is set to get a lot more exciting in the next few model years. So before you curse the name of Subaru for killing your favorite, hot cute-ute, look yourself squarely in the mirror and ask yourself if you bought one.
If you were expecting the all-new 2008 WRX STI to be merely a
warmed-over upgrade to the already released WRX, you’re in for quite a
shock.
Martyn Harding, product planning manager at Subaru of America, explains. “The actual body shell of an STI is significantly different than a WRX. The metal thicknesses, the types of steel and additional bracing; so it’s significantly stronger. We know we’re going to put big sticky tires on it and make a lot of horsepower. You have to have a body shell to back that up.”
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